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Mark [Andressen] was more popular than me at the time … He was like Beyoncé, I was Kelly Rowlings

Ben Horowitz

There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver
Most large mistakes in organizational design come from putting the individual ambitions of the people at the top of the organization ahead of the communication paths for the people at the bottom of the organization.
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Ambition Communication Mistakes
In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.
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Decision Goal Made
Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they’re hallucinating
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Guy Hallucinating Ideas Looks
A manager can’t act like a role model. They need to BE a role model.
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Manager Models Needs Role
The important thing about mobile is, everybody has a computer in their pocket. The implications of so many people connected to the Internet all the time from the standpoint of education is incredible.
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Important People Phones
When I was CEO, and I’d listen to music, a lot of people listen to music and you get inspiration from it. And a lot of things in hip hop are very instructive for being in business. Particularly, hip hop is a lot about business, and so it was very useful for me in any job.
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Express Inspiration Jobs People
As companies move to web-based computing they get a lot more servers, which are difficult to manage and control. All kinds of problems can arise – security, quality and worms.
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Kind Moving Quality
Don’t punk out and don’t quit.
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Inspirational Motivational Quit
Relationships built from a business do better than the reverse.
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Better Built Relationship Reverse
The only thing that prepares you to run a company is running a company.
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Company Repair Running
Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of business.
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People Problem Smart
There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver
One of the great things about building a tech company is the amazing people that you can hire.
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Building Great People Things
For example, the vast majority of security break-ins occur as a result of problems with known fixes. With an automated system, you can keep up to date.
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Date Example Majority Problem Result
A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more.
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Entrepreneur Found Needs

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